Motherless Children

Grateful Dead

No Grateful Dead recordings.

Others

The following list is not intended to be comprehensive.

Folk Songs, Terrea Lea and her Singing Guitar, 1957
My Eyes Have Seen, Odetta, 1959
American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 3, Pete Seeger, 1959
Feelin' the Spirit, Grant Green, 1962
Twelve-String Guitar: Folk Songs and Blues Sung and Played by Fred Gerlach, Fred Gerlach, 1962
Folk Music of Washington Square, Various Artists (Carol J. Virill), 1962
Great Day, Staple Singers, 1963
Mid the Green Fields of Virginia, The Carter Family, 1963
American Folk Singers And Balladeers, Various Artists (Odetta), 1964
Texas Songster, Live, Vol. 3, Mance Lipscomb, 1965
John Renbourn, John Renbourn, 1965
Dave Van Ronk, Folksinger, Dave Van Ronk, 1967
Iron City, Grant Green, 1967
The Last Request, Ben Branch and Operation Breadbasket, 1968
Frisco Bound, Jesse Fuller, 1968
Sly and Robbie Present Gregory Isaacs, Gregory Isaacs, 1972
Van Ronk, Dave Van Ronk, 1972
Sounder, Taj Mahal, 1973
Living in the USA, Steve Miller Band, 1973
Art of Bottleneck Guitar, Sam Mitchell, 1975
Close To Home, Roscoe Holcomb, 1975
Louisiana Country Blues, Herman Johnson, 1981
Reflections on the Carter Family, Ron Penix, 1981
461 Ocean Boulevard, Eric Clapton, 1974
Hesitation Blues, Dave Van Ronk, 1988
Josh White, Vol 2, Josh White, 1989
Inside Dave Van Ronk (comp), Dave Van Ronk, 1989
Ramblin' on My Mind, Lucinda Williams, 1991
Pickin' Up the Spirit, Marianne Antonse, 1992
Sounds of the South, Various Artists (Felix Dukes), 1993
Step by Step: Lesley Riddle Meets the Carter Family: Blues, Country and Sacred Songs, Lesley Riddle, 1993
Texas Blues Guitar, Mabce Lipscomb, 1994
The Singing Reverend, Rev. Gary Davis, 1994
Little Signs of Autumn, Shinobu Sato, 1994
The Gospel Sound, Various Artists (Blind Willie Johnson), 1994
When Roses Bloom In Dixieland - The Complete Recordings, Vol. 3, Carter Family, 1995
This Train, Elder Roma Wilson, 1995
Dear M.F. EP, Big Sugar, 1995
Through Many Dangers, Marion Williams, 1996
High Lonesome Sound, Roscoe Holcomb, 1998
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 5, 1944), Josh White, 1998
Hesitation Blues, Dave Van Ronk, 199?
The Legendary Carter Family, Carter Family, 19??
40 Most Popular American Folk Songs, Paul & Margie, 199?
In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain, The Carter Family, 2000
Nobody's Fault But Mine, Blind Willie Johnson, 2007
Les Plus Beaux Gospels, Various Artists (Paul Robeson), 2002
When the Sun Goes Down: The Secret History of Rock, Various Artists (Paul Robeson), 2002
Island In The Sun, Harry Belafonte, 2002
The Carter Family: 1927-1934, The Carter Family, 2002
Patchworks, Linn Barnes and Allison Hampton, 2002
Les 100 Plus Beaux Gospels, Various Artists (Paul Robeson), 2002
American Folk and Country Music Festival, Various Artists (Roscoe Holcomb), 2003
American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 3 (exp CD), Pete Seeger, 2004
Blind Willie Johnson and the Guitar Evangelists, Various Artists (Blind Willie Johnson), 2005
A Distant Land to Roam: Songs of the Carter Family, Ralph Stanley, 2006
Organ Trio And Quartet, Grant Green, 2006
The Road to Agate Hill: Music from Southwest Virginia and Beyond, Alice, Gail & Sharon, 2007
Walking Down The Line, James Alan Shelton, 2007
Bowling Green, Alice Gerrard and Mike Seeger, 2008
Pure... Blues, Various Artists (Blind Willie Johnson), 2011
The Complete Columbia Albums Collection, Taj Mahal, 2013
Raw Country!, Roscoe Holcomb, 2023, Acoustic Disc

Notes

Often occurs as Sometimes I feel Like A Motherless Child.

The song was performed by David and the Dorks (David Crosby, Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh and Mickey Hart) at the Matrix in December 1970.